Interference No. 104,649
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i. U.S. Application No. 09/046,418 ( ... 418"), filed March 23, 1998, now U.S. Patent
No. 6,069,969;
ii. U.S. Application No. 08/308,098 ( ... 098"), filed September 16, 1994, now U.S.
Patent No. 5,732,148.
Keagy '744 claims to be a continuation of the '418 application, and the '418 application is said to
be a continuation of the '098 application. (Notice Declaring Interference, Paper No. 1, p. 4 and
Keagy 744 specification, p. 1, lines 5-7).
3. The Count and Claim Correspondence
F5. Count 1, the sole count in the interference, is claim I of Zhou's U.S. Patent No.
5,79 858. The claims of the parties are as follows:
Zhou: 1-28
Keagy: 1-8, 13, 21 and 22
The claims of the parties which correspond to Count I are:
Zhou: 1-10 and 14-28
Keagy: 1-8, 13, 21 and 22
The claims of the parties which do not correspond to Count I
Zhou: 11-13
Keagy: None
(No Declaring Inter erence, Paper No. 1, p. 5).
4. Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
F6. The interfering subject matter relates to the field of optical sensing systems, specifically,
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